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Electric Würms: ‘I Could Only See Clouds’ exclusive video premiere
08.19.2014
06:51 pm
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The world premiere of the decidedly lysergically-informed new Electric Würms music video, “I Could Only See Clouds” directed by Wayne Coyne. The song comes from Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk (“Music that’s Hard to Twerk to”) out today on CD, vinyl and iTunes from Warner Bros. Records and available via the Flaming Lips online store.

Electric Würms is the side project of Flaming Lips Steven Drozd and Wayne Coyne (who steps away from his normal frontman role here and plays bass) working with Nashville-based psych-rockers Linear Downfall. It’s a spacey, raw cosmic jam that Pitchfork called a “Live-Evil-era Miles (by way of Yoko Ono’s Fly) psych-funk shriek.”

What are you looking for? What are you really, really looking for? Maybe you’ll find it here. It’s worth a try, right?
 

 
Bonus: Würms on Würms…

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08.19.2014
06:51 pm
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Flaming Lips talk Krautrock
08.18.2014
08:16 pm
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Steven Drozd and Wayne Coyne of Flaming Lips talk about their favorite Krautrock groups. Their Electric Würms side project Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk (“Music that’s Hard to Twerk to”) comes out on CD, vinyl and iTunes via Warner Bros. Records on August 19th.

Electric Würms will be playing in the UK at the End Of The Road festival in Dorset on August 31 followed by a headlining show at the Village Underground in London on September 1.
 

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08.18.2014
08:16 pm
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Electric Würms are ‘Fixing a Hole’: Exclusive premiere from upcoming Flaming Lips album


 
Electric Würms will be making an appearance on the upcoming Flaming Lips album With a Little Help from My Fwends, their Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band tribute. In the guise of their Electric Würms alter egos, Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd cover “Fixing a Hole” on the album, which comes out on October 28 on Warner Bros. Records. Other participants include MGMT, members of Wilco, Miley Cyrus, My Morning Jacket, Tegan and Sara, Dinosaur, Jr.‘s J Mascis and Maynard James Keenan of Tool.

Some of the proceeds from the album are being donated to the Oklahoma City-based Bella Foundation which helps low-income, elderly or terminally ill pet owners with the cost of their vet bills, because at some point we all might need a little help from our fwends.
 

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08.15.2014
09:52 pm
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Listen to ‘Transform!!!’ Electric Würms’ wild cosmic jam, exclusive premiere
08.14.2014
03:23 pm
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Today’s track premiere from Electric Würms’ Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk (“Music that’s Hard to Twerk to”) is “Transform!!!”

Electric Würms is the side project of Flaming Lips multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd and Wayne Coyne (who steps away from his normal frontman role here and plays bass) working with Nashville-based psych-rockers Linear Downfall. It’s a spacey, raw cosmic jam that Pitchfork called a “Live-Evil-era Miles (by way of Yoko Ono’s Fly) psych-funk shriek.”

Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk comes out on CD, vinyl and iTunes via Warner Bros. Records on August 19th.
 

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08.14.2014
03:23 pm
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‘Prog Is A 4 Letter Word’: Exclusive Flaming Lips prog rock playlist
08.14.2014
01:54 pm
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Enjoy this exclusive mix compiled for Dangerous Minds readers by Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips.

Prog Is a 4 Letter Word

“South Side of the Sky” - Yes
“Siberian Khatru” - Yes
“Knife Edge” - ELP
“Watcher of the Skies” - Genesis
“Archangel Thunderbird” (proto prog-punk) - Amon Düül II
“Darkness” - Van der Graaf Generator
“Yours Is No Disgrace” - Yes
“Cygnus X-1 book 1” - Rush
“The Inner Mounting Flame” - Mahavishnu Orchestra
“Thick As A Brick” - Jethro Tull

The pair’s Flaming Lips sideproject, recorded as Electric Würms with Nashville-based psych-rock band Linear Downfall, is called Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk. The EP is comes out on CD, vinyl and iTunes via Warner Bros. Records on August 19th. Later today we’ll premiere the Miles Davis-influenced track “Transform” from the new release.
 

 

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08.14.2014
01:54 pm
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Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd: Musing on Miles Davis
08.14.2014
09:52 am
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In which our guest editors Steven Drozd and Wayne Coyne of Electric Würms talk about the many unexpected ways in which the great Miles Davis has influenced their own music.

“When you hit a wrong note, it’s the next note that makes it good or bad.”—Miles Davis

Electric Wurms’ Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk EP is comes out on CD, vinyl and iTunes via Warner Bros. Records on August 19th. Later today we’ll premiere the Miles Davis-influenced track “Transform!!!”  from the new release.

“Man, sometimes it takes you a long time to sound like yourself.”—Miles Davis

 

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08.14.2014
09:52 am
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‘What’s prog?’: Prog rock talk with Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd
08.13.2014
01:51 pm
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What is prog? Why is prog? Is prog good? Is it okay to like prog? Who is prog?

What’s an “Electric Würm”? Are Electric Würms prog? And if not, what “are” they?

These burning questions—and more—answered as Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd talk prog rock.

The new Electric Würms’ EP Musik, Die Schwer Zu Twerk (“Music that’s Hard to Twerk to”) comes out on August 19th on Warner Brothers Records.
 

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08.13.2014
01:51 pm
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Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips have taken over this site!
08.13.2014
08:39 am
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If the cosmically colorfully… spermy background of the blog today hasn’t already clued you in, Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd of The Flaming Lips, in the guise of their proggy psychedelic krautrocking alter egos, Electric Würms, will be taking over Dangerous Minds this week and next as the guest editors of the blog.

Today is “prog rock day” but you can also expect to find an eclectic lysergic multi-media bouillabaisse with lot of Beatles, Miles Davis, krautrock, and of course Electric Würms-related posts in the upcoming days

They’ll be programming a mixture of track premieres from their new Warner Bros. release Musik, die Schwer zu Twerk (“Music that’s Hard to Twerk to”); we’ll have some exclusive Spotify playlists; there’ll be a premiere of a new Electric Würms music video; a two-hour movie shot entirely on Wayne’s iPhone; some new material from the regular Dangerous Minds contributors and a selection of stuff from the DM archives.

Electric Würms’ first single, an intense cover of “Heart of the Sunrise” by Yes is already available on iTunes. Not exactly a premiere, but this being “prog rock day” and all, it seemed like a good fit. The full Musik, die Schwer zu Twerk EP will be released on August 18th.
 

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08.13.2014
08:39 am
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